Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [verb] up the " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was thrown there on neutral territory between the two ranks and the person who was successful in breaking through and taking up the crown and running right down … round , circling their opponents , and right round and coming back without being caught , that person was successful . |
| 32 | He added , ‘ The jackals will come tonight and lick up the blood . ’ |
| 33 | Should you not suspend the sitting until there is someone on the Tory Benches who is capable of walking over and picking up the notes to the Minister ? |
| 34 | Sam came over and picked up the bat . |
| 35 | However , Ell moved quickly over and picked up the raw meat . |
| 36 | He walked over and picked up the pewter goblet , sniffing at it carefully . |
| 37 | Smoothing down her skirt as she seated herself , she reached over and started up the secondary computer . |
| 38 | This could either involve removing it altogether and blocking up the space with bricks and mortar , or simply locking it and putting furniture against it on both sides . |
| 39 | Only 16·5 per cent of the inhabitants of Pimhill Hundred were exempted from payment of the hearth tax in 1672 , and though many cottagers remained near the poverty line all their lives others prospered a little and moved up the social scale . |
| 40 | Now go on and coop up the fowls and do n't bother me any more with your obstinacy . ’ |
| 41 | Well , really , how to make a cup of tea is like the same thing as making a cup of coffee first you have to take the kettle to the tap , turn the tap on and fill up the kettle , then take the kettle back to the ma , erm , where you got it from and plug it into the wa wall . |
| 42 | yeah , I could n't believe it I mean you go back five years he 'd never done things like that , he erm , missed the most easiest reds and left it right over the pocket and then Stephen Hendry went on and cleared up the whole frame , got a break of over a hundred |
| 43 | He lifted one knee from the ground and turned his head slowly and looked up the slight incline to the path , and in his sun-blinded vision he saw a shape . |
| 44 | The corset buyer got to her feet grimly and picked up the glass of drinking water in front of her . |
| 45 | The two coppers ease off and rip up the carpet . |
| 46 | However , Cézanne very often goes further and tilts up the top of an object even more towards the picture plane , so that it appears sometimes as if seen almost from directly above , while continuing to show the rest of the object from a more normal , slightly lower point of view . |
| 47 | It was only when I got home and looked up the dictionary that I realised what a gem it had been . |
| 48 | ‘ The delivery room was up two flights of stairs , so Tony picked me up and ran up the two flights with me . |
| 49 | She got up and picked up the frame and brought it over to Meredith . |
| 50 | There was a pause while Nicole paid the bill , putting it on her husband 's gold credit card , then she straightened up and picked up the bag . |
| 51 | He stood up and picked up the candle and went wandering off into the shadows with it . |
| 52 | However , the telephone was certainly ringing , and he got up and picked up the receiver . |
| 53 | He could always get old Benny Robinson , his helper , to sweep the place up and tie up the piles of cardboard , but Benny had already swept up twice that day and he was now busy sorting out bundles of twine which had fallen out of a damaged carton and become unwound . |
| 54 | Christmas day itself was for sobering up and clearing up the debris from the wild night before , and after lunch the entire regiment was allowed ‘ quartier libre ’ or free time in town . |
| 55 | Mum pushed the door open wide and marched up the room as if she owned it . |
| 56 | He adjusted the angle slightly and notched up the vernier to increase contact . |
| 57 | Devlin glanced up , smiling amiably and picked up the glass of beer in his left hand . |
| 58 | Here you turn left and drive up the scenically splendid road to the Col de Marie-Blanque . |
| 59 | The school was closed on Wednesday as well so people had time to dry out and clear up the mess that the water had made . |
| 60 | So the plan for the afternoon is , it 's now five to four so if David goes out and tidies up the hut . |